The Sun. — London, England, 1810-11-13 00:00:00

Of it. ie ille 3 V ia voUla lli I ofO VII pliill rfa cl. s*l ------ t ‘ 4l° sort, ear l ie3t • l an W t e have the satisfaaion of stating, that the g a l= irs,i'Avtis has at l evgt h escape d hi s enem ie s. — 7.0: 41'0413lesty ha s arr i ve d safely at Yarmouth; in . the at s slo op of war, under the title of Count • the stated i n some of the letters brought by tail ed - " e l ast p acket from Lisbon, that MASSENA had - in airs out-posts, pr e p arator y to a reo - eat, and tha t b e had made an attempt to cross the Tagus at h aniar em, but 'that the bridge of boats which he :Ithrowo across the rive r had been destroyed by , 111 -gu n - boats and batteries. The sable Letters add, tha t t he desertfro, ers from the F renc h' army amount to Gn to 100 a day. A eneral onion prevailed 41 " b nn g pi way wht.h the pack e t sa il e d , t h at MASSENA 4114 „ it 4 the point o f attempt i ng his retreat, Vl, W. uppos e d that Lord Wr.L4INGTON ha hot nOE pursue him with his whole army, but ras s' him With his cavalry and light troops. We th ese letters as they have reached us, without tillidgitk,"-, ourselve s f or t h e truth of them, because, I : 1 1' ai d; t he 'rimes are so near Li s b on , i t i s very pos e teat Cry' erroneous accounts m a y be current in 04 4CitY• But if w e are cautious i n givi g credit to . udattnicrieu- reports, which tend to excite very. it ex t pecta i, „„s, on toe other hand w e t hi n k s (4 " duty to protost against those desponduig liecu lation s i n which some of our Cotitempo r.a4eS ha ve ind u l ge d . A Paper of this morns. 1138 `puse expresse,d the str ongest appre h ens i ons be vi .lispatcties have been received from Lord fi a " That the tAo armies should re days" says the paper alluded to, " with °tit 4, 1 4tiemo on one side to a nnor y the other, 13ri'ves at last that MAS,ENA. was in no want of pro we should have thought that the writer . 1 6 , /1 have drawn some other conclusion from that li ues the writer recollect the relative circum- Cnces in whi c h t h e I we armies were placed ? D oes he recollect that MASSENA wai advancing with a ti e'Y superior force, with the avo.ved intention of Engli'g the sh opt of Portugal, and that ; l e lias b een stopp e d in his career f or fifteen th at n aies t h e writer, in a word, recollect, ue Uceeral is acti n g ripen the offensive, and l on tnn er upon the Ottc.nsive, and that therefore as 6 as di th ey remieri In their present posh ions, the a 4 ta p e 4e must be wi t h L or d W ELLINGTON, be .lltzlieAcorn '• t I object ke .has in view, • that pns es t of keeping the French " trom ativ!incing tlet B ;iys the Pryer allud d to, " the Allies io t httrk it prudent to descrmd f rom their, strut, lie 1 A more extraordinary observation we 'e -4' never was made upon any military movement. WtILINGTON has selected the position from tlre s V,d r . s to Alhandra, as the best cal- ti l e ia ` i to cover Lisbon ; he has fortified it in ti:strnngst manner, and b y a ser i es o f masterly v-'3 t " len ts, he has pla ce d hi s opponent in this 'itna 4hat he must either attack that position, or re atZewitb 1 053 and disc. - race. Cedar these &cum- 1 A li , s, the Paper in question gravely says, that the lir les do not think it prudent to descend from their sl, °ng 1:( j 1 ( 1 !. No, to be sure they do note why sits Lora WELLINGTON-have chosen a strong pa -4i I " and fortified it with so much care, if he meant, ati(i s° ''n as he had reached it, to march out of-it again, °n the an enemy, so superior in numbers, °f prier t ? Bu' i t i s said that if this war be Po s it ions is continued, the consequences must more injurious to the English titan to the h „ th a r t " r e beg o ur readers to bear in mind, 11111 n) l 'ort%al th e one is en invading army, tbe oilier, a defending army, and that if the to e 40 es pot conquer, it is in effed defeated; and its tile same principle, it the ether can maintain zit gr(ltind, it ; s really vietorions. What then are the Ire a nno of the two a rmies?-_._MASSEN A is at the ex ti T o f the •Peninsula, withdin the hostil e p opu l at i on g d ems in hi s rear, a powerful and ski!- art and i rsdly n his f ront, in a .position fortified by la y n ature, , Surely in suc h a situation, de it ill to MASSENA th an th e c i be m ust be m ore injurious- to th e Al lies, both with regard to not i b 7 l l- i l b of his troops arid his ' supplies. We do ev e the rep ort that MASSE-NA'S Army h as tzttii,ax.'.llllY in want• o f prov i sions, but we contend 11l be ine;ossible for him to find supplies 14 r , • - ah ar P, (-sent position, for any length cf time, for u horses, * O,O , °T. 70,000 men, and forage for above %CI whiCh he must have with such Arr tly .. All the d eserters both O re6 eti fficers and privat es , re el state' t the- Fren c h Army, as being i n a most dread 111eir 4te o lstre ues, and every hour of delay must aggravate e W. pa thi s prev ented by want of room from pursu toorrnvsubject at present : we shall resume it to- It'eth• -13eCore, however,- we close this article, as ,0 i'rwt}or to m ent i on one circumstance which 141 111 0 : 11 .: t° o ur kno w l e d ge, from unquestionable thorny, viz. that in all the skirmishes between the advanced posts, the Portugneze troops have maintained the chara&er they acquired at Bu4aco. They have, upon every opportunity, attacked the French with the bayonet. The Marquis DE RUNIANA lips joined Lord WEL LIMGTON with 8000 men. This morning we received some Lisbon and Per tagueze Papers, but the intelligence they contain is so unimportant that we have not thought it neces sary to make any extras from them. Every thing at Cadiz is periealy tranquil: Some German Papers also reached us this morn ing, but they are equally barren of intelligence. The Mayor ; and . the Ministers and Churchwar dens, have recommended by hand-bili to the inhabi taws of Windsor, to shut up their houses and shops this day, as a becoming mark of respect to the me mory of the late amiable Princess, (who was born !hers?), and as a testimonial of veneration and re gard to tie Royal rimily. Five hundred tickets have been issued by the Dean and Canon for the admission of spectators of the Funeral Proces•sicin, in the body of the Chapel. • • Mr. Hase, of the Bank, gave notice of a Lottery of 20,000 tickets, to be bidfor on Friday neat, at 10 o'clock ; to be drawn in FeA - uary, and ► , ot more t`•an ►hree blanks to a prize ; no prize above 20,0001, and nor less than 151. There is no alteratiQn in the pricy of Bread this week. We have received the following letters by the Dryad : " CORUNNA, OCT. 25.—Infortnati'm has been received this day at this place, from the expedition which sailed frOm here on the 14th inst. under Ge reral Renovates, by which it appears, that a partial landing was made in Gijon, from which town they had dislodged ihe enemy on the 17th, leaving Por tier marchirg towards Oviedo." " CORUNNWOCT. .`24.-=-' I have the pleasure of lotorining you, that according to private letters from Oporto, to the 16th instant, the oprrations of our army had proved successful, .down to the actions of the 11th instant, - x the enemy had 'experienced a severe blow ; and the• greatest confi lence prevails of his positive'overthrow,. if he hav'e the temerity to attempt to foi - e , !! ouriiiies, from the position he now occipies : his situation is distressing, owing to the powerful diversi6ns hanging on his rear, under Ge m-rats Milicr an': Wilson, and Col. Trailt, who are coniinually harassing and taking the garrisons he leaves b hind. Wellington has drawn Mas sena so far as to wake his rL!rreat impracticable, it his last etfor t prove abortive, which is gene t-Ay supposed will be the case. A short time will now dt terin;ne this interesting struggle, and, if fa vourable, i‘ will prove the means of liberattng this untia,•py country from bondage. We hare nut yet heard from Captain Mends, any ncois from Santona; bat it is hourly expected, and no 1 , tibt is entertained of 6is being able to take and fortily this important point." A le:ter - from Oporto gives the following parti culars of tut' action 'ot the 11th Odober, above mentioned : `• Oa the 116 instant, a battle took place at ; L:•yrta, , k hen six pieces of our artillery killed about 6l)00 French, with very little loSs'on our side, which chietiv tell on the 18th regiment. All the letters from Coimbra conn►w the above, and one, worthy of the uttnoit confidence, adds, that. in cons'egneneu ~ t this. loss the enemy had retreated as tar a Poinbal, five leagues from Ley ria " General Miller, at the head of . 7000 troops, including two , quadrons of cavalry, is now at Con de] " Colonel Trant's division , which • consists of 6000 men, marches from thence for Coimbra to morrow. " OPORTO, OCT. I7.—On the 12th inst. 300 French voops were brought in here, who had been su7prised at Cciimbra by the gallant Col. Trans. On htaring that a garrison of 5 or ;6000 French had been left there, he marched immediately with his brave militia ,to attack them. On his arrival at Fumes, he expected that he should be immediately joined by Colonel Miller, but was disappointed, on which he addressed his troops, and asked them whe ther they were willing to advance ? They all gave then consent with three cheers. They got to the town unobserved, and on their entrance the French retreated to the house-s, and fired froM the win.; dows, and Continued to resist f.ir about 'an hour, but were at last 'compelled to`surrender." The city o! covewry was, on Saturday last, visit ed ,by a most tremendous hurricane, which unroof ed several houses. The road between that city and Danchurch was strewed with large trees, which were torn up by the roots, and impeded the passage of carriages. A number of men were employed during Sunday in removing them. A violent stwrn prevailed in the neighbourhood . of Swansea on Thursday night, during whieh a cow was killed at Oxwich by the lightning. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER. OF THE 43 REGIUENT, TO A GENTLEAIAN IN EDINBURGH. " Lieutenant Al ( CuLLocri, who was taken on the 24th of July (at the battle of the bridge of Coa), made his escape from Vittoria, 120 leagues distant. He was wounded in three places, and, I em -sorry to say, to the shame of the enemy, twice after he sur rendered; was stripped of every thing SaVs his shirt, which was covered with • blood, and 'marched six, seven, eight; and one day thirteen leagues. He re ceived a great deal of abuse from the prisoners who 'were taken - in Ciudad Rodrigo (Spaniards), and was badly treated by the French.' His reports are fa: vourable to the Spanish cause, and he adds, that the French are universally detested, always obliged to send • large escorts, and daily cut off. He escaped out of a convent through a bole. He was repeated ly offered his parole, and would not accept of it, so his escape is •perfectly fair. The Spaniards used him very well, and he came through Campo Major. As you may bupp os r; we' were all, glad to see him." i , 5 nOt the l e" irst 6E116 ,ordsh i P s ,ular ,• '1115 % ) • hr.l (0" , 1"_ tin e . CIIO4- Ogg ° or3SILWa' 3 5 COW 1 ;.erioo, tr Lott ! .latit hai on 1004 8 ' cid bai lc() 10 c a stle' t uP" 3 itt r 1 , 0 ,110 wlltw C. 131 iC )3:e ti t tie and b vas iri ; a o-2.illS' fiid ° ' " Liocr l P ► roc4 w Ist °° , s t tDe ill !(IS Isly bV it tbe r 3r:el 001 1 CY o . ll' ved (" 11 ba d 3 tlit for ICY t''' .;13.000 ;ode' W V° t Ile [Lied l Y nalnA , fli' NAVAL NEW.' PArzrourir, Nov. g. Arrived this day the Princess Charlotte packer, Capt. KERN, with Mails from Lisbon, which - she left on the 27th ult. ; last night, about tweNc o'clock, fell in off the (Lizard with a French schooner privateer, of 12 guns, and full of men, which she beat off after an saion of 45 minutes. The packet had 16 passengers; three passengers and four men were wounded ; since then one passenger and one man have died of their wounds. Also the Francis Freeling, Capt. BELL, vt ith Mails from New York and Halifax; she brings no news wha:ever: staid behind out of the Freeling 11 men ; she has one passenger. Mso arrived the Bl ooom i ng Rose,'ROL - Tki, from New Yolk. Sailed the Priscilla, CLARK, bound to Bristol ; the Basey, TREGARTHER, to Bristol; the Bristol, -, to Liverpool; the Princess of gales, WA. TERS, to Newport. Also the Linnet, of 10 guns, with seven vessels under convoy for the Wesi ward. The Iralsinghain, with Mails from Lisbon, is hourly expected, with news that the French army has surrendered as p r i soners o f war to the BritiSh army, . . as it was r e po r t e d A l ien t h e Princess Charlotte left. The Marquis itommvA has joined the British with 12,000 men, and has taken his position in the tront (dale British army. The Princess Charlotte and Walsingham packets were engaged to be full of pas sengers, but in consequLqice of the good' opinion of the British army that prevails in Lisboa they have altered their minds, and paid half passage. Money, and staid behind. PLYMOUTH, Nov. t i "—Sailed the Mariner gun brig, with the John and Jane transpo.t, tor Jersey, with a detachment of the 60th regiment. Sailed his Majesty's ships Hero for Basque Roads, and the Peacock on a cruize. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 12.—During a heavy gale of wind yesterday morning-, the brig Rover, THO MAS, Master, from Liverpool, for London, with sugar and staves, lust two anchors and cables, and drove on shore on Ryde Sand, where she still re mains. It is presumed, it the wind moderates, sae will be got oil to-morrow's tide, and will be obliged to conie into harbour to discharge httcargos before she can proceed on her voyage. Came in last evening, by contrary winds, the dim phion, BRASS, from Prince Edward's Island, for Lon don, after a passage of 33 days. Sailfxl his Majesty's ships Rattler, Cyane, and Fylla, on a cruize ; also his Majesty's ship Fenus for Leith, and the Sophia schooner on Ci cruize. Came in this day his Majesty's ship Galatea from the Eastward ; his Majesty's ships Stately and Gor gon from the Baltic; and the Sprightly and Hope cutters from a cruize. • Sailed this day his Majesty's ships and Tyrian for Cadiz, Gibraltar, and the Akediterranean, with the whole of the merchantmen and tran.ports that put back by contrary winds to this port on the 7th instant. Sailed his Majesty's ship 11?aline, Captain FABIAN, with a convoy for the Brazils; also the Ant schooner, with . a convoy for Guernsey ; -and his Majesty's ships Arnzida and Ant on a cruize. DEAL, Nov. 12.—Sailed the whole of the Out ward bound under convoy of the Hunter, armed sloop. _ _ Arrived his Majesty's Orion, from the Baltic, and sailed immediately fat Portsmouth. • Sailed the Indiamen for the River. The sill!) BOSEOTZ, BAIN ; the brig Thalia, MA THISON ; and the brig Tay, THOMPSON ; were all obliged to cut from their anchors during the gale un Saturday last, the former ran - foul of a. ship and lost • ber jib-booth. YAamouTti, Nov. 12.—Sailed his Majesty's ships Portia, Havoc, and Archer, for the Note. Arrived his Majesty's ships TartaruS, Bold, Kite, and Vixen, and remain in the Roads with the Roe buck, Briseis, Drake, and Partridge, SHEERNESS,- NOV. I 2 . —Carne into Harbour his Majesty's ships Aboukir and Princess Caroline. Arrived and anchored at the Little ore his Ma jesty's sloop Tweed. The Edgar came near enough to make her num ber, but is not yet come to the Note. We see, the effect of the l ate ga l es d a i ly, by ves sels going up the Thames disrnasied, jury-rigged. Arrived his Majesty's ships Glackstadt and 'Vier curius from the North Sea. Sailed his Majesty's ship Britomart to Yarmouth. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.. — CataitI HUGII PICOT, (0 the , Orpheus; Captain HART, Thracian; Captain HBLLARD, Snake ; Lieutenant bRUAISIOND,, Hus sar ; Lieutenant MORGAN, Hotspur. A policy was opened in the city on Saturday, im mediately to' pay too guineas for 401. if Lisbon was in the posiessui Of MASSENA, bei,WIC the lit of Ja nuary, I Et I t. PAPZRS. EtTRAORDINARY LIAR Y OF CORONNA, OCT. His Excellenty the Captain-General 14 this king• darn has ordered the publication of the following at 4 counts, which he has received, in order that his fel• low -countrymen and 'Spaniards; attached .to the glory of their country, tnaybeititorniedoftbe heroic efforts of our illustrious 'warriors, and those of our allies, the generous English and Portuguese . _ • ACCOUNTS PROM PORTUGAL, Don Manuel - Antonio de Fousece y - Gouven, Head of the Tribunals at Oporto, in a letter of the 17th writes as follows,: `Since the adion of the. 27th ult, we learn that the French - are engaged in constant skirmishes, and always teethe advantage of our troops, who retire in the best order ; they are thus attracted towards our great batteries, where we trust their total destruction will ensee. It I. ale so known that in the environs of Leiria they . have • lost many cavalry. Our Governor, Trent, on the 7th inst. with his division of ma:6 alone, restored liberty to Colin. bra, making prisoners the 5 or Goon Freech who were there. 'We have already, in advance of 'Co imbra, a column ,of more than 12,000 men, o r- dor to attack the rear of the enemy. It is ale) cer tain; that Monier, havin g passed the Sierra Morena, marched towards Andalusia.; and . that - the Alaiquis Romana detached General Bellasteres to Seize toe defiles' of the Sierra, which he has done. Ati . eir s have, therefor:l?, assumed a favourable aspec:, and we hope shortly for a happy termination ; since our army is constantly. increasing in strength ands spirits, whil e that of the French ig.daily ekereasin e .' General Silveyra, from his head -quarters at Mon corvo, on the 18th, wrote as follows At the post of Figueir a , c l ose to Coilubiet, more' than re.tio French were made prisoners." A letter, wort ,y of credi!, from Chives, dated the I sith, contains the following : " The enemy having Lid zinced to Ovidos wes.de feated by our troops with considerable kiss.' . The attack was continued on the 12th and ieth, and it appeacs that our defensive line occupied the positions between Santarem and OVitIOS as fit• as Peniche. On the 14th, the enemy not being able to penetrate by Ovidos, took a direction at mid-day in quest of the road of the Tague, expecting to be supported on that side by Mortier, in case of a retreat being necessary. Were it Certain that Monier, had been defeated by the IVlerquis Romana, united with some of our troops;' and had lost a great many of his trodps in the vicinity of Carisp Mayor, as is asserted, alt !here hopes wouq be vain; but I do not report this with certainty.— The divisions of Miller and of Tram are distributed es follows t-6000 Men in Coimbra, two battalions and two seea , :frons in Condeixa, and 2000 men in Montmar el Viejo. "Coimbra is fortified on the left bank of the Mondego ; that riser and the Tagus have increased in an extraordinary degree, so that it will b e e very difficult' for the enemy to effect a retreat ; and if the positions of Lower &Ira are properly defended, retreat will be impossible.. If Massenet rellete on his situation, he must either see himself compelled to capitulate, or the lives of his followers Must be necessarily exposed to the bayonets of the combined army." The Governor of Chaves wrote as follows on that 20th : " I have nothing official; but letters from 'Pan , coso assert, that the enemy has lost 9,000 mo,n at the foot of Leiria; that in consequence,he asketra capitulation on cond i tion of marching with their arms to Spain—which was refused ; he afterwards offered, as a condition, to march without arms—but neither was this granted. lAm persuaded that his army has no resource left ; we may therefore reckon upon its fail, and say that the angel or victory has come come to Portugal to d estroy the reputation which it acquired in the North." lIIVADEO, OCT. 22.—A Spanish brig, Which had entered Gijon with tobacco, has at last arrived in this port ; several credible persons on board of -it give the following accounts : " On Wednesday the 17th inst. our troops enter ed Gijon, precisely at the time when the enemi's garrison 'there had been augmented with those or Luanco, Candao, and Aviles. Though all these garrisons united exceeded six hundred men, they declined an action, which was offered by ofq troops. The famous Porlier was the first who entered that town with his soldiers; Escandon read Castanon followed him with their's, and attewards Renovales with those of the expedition tinder his command. Porlier ptirsued the enemy with intrepi dity,' killing some, and, making some of the rear guard prisoners; but in consequence of the rapidity of their flight, being unable to bring th,:m to ac tion, he returned to Gijon, leaving partieS of ob servation at the most imp orta n t points. - During Thursday the above-mentioned officers and the di visions under their command in Gijon, and the nexc night Renovales reimbarked to continue his course, while, nearly about the same hour, Porlier p u t himself in march for Oviedo, having destroyed the batteries of thelenemy." Thus far say the persons on board the brig, which which was taken possesion of by the-French, aifer, having sailed from Rivadeo with tobacco and effetts of the Royal Treasury, with which the Admini. strator Angulo i and the Sub-Deputy Don Pedro Elano, were retiring to Gion, under the id:a that that port was free from the irench. All was con-. fusion in that town, in consequence of its 13inv . surprised by our troops, and by the fire an Eu - - glish corvette which approached it. There were taken from the enemy several valuable vessels pro ceeding from America and england; and it is d e t er _ mined that they are to come to Ilivadeo, it being . agreed that Porlier shall have for his share one lion of reals. D. MANUEL ANTONIO de FONSEGA et GuNVEA, Governor, Judge, and Principsi Chancellor at Opor to, under date of the 17th ult. Writes as follow s : " I can assure you, that Mott . ticit, having passed the Sierra Morena, and talon the dire6tion of Al, dalcsia, the Marquis de la ROMANA detached a corn petent force nnder General BALLAsTBRoS, to take possession of the defiles of the Sierra, which import ant service has been successfully performed." ! \ i